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BREAKING: Clive Palmer Waratah Coal mine refused by Qld Land Court!
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Wow,
@tanya_plibersek
's department just approved a new coal seam gas project out to 2077.
2077!! Fracking!! Santos!! Wow.
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Imagine if the rest of the senate took their jobs half as seriously
@DavidPocock
does:
"Japanese companies are on-selling even more LNG than Australia exports to them...I'm a little bit concerned we're getting conned here...with a backdrop of climate scientists saying we cant afford new gas..."
#climate
#auspol
@DavidPocock
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Hey, press gallery!!
@keithjpitt
just said *twice* that gas employs over 1 million Australians.
Actual number from ABS - 22,900.
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Hands down the funniest thing a coal baron has ever said in the AFR!
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Regular reminder: Tas salmon industry is entirely foreign owned and pays no tax.
The science is clear: salmon farms affect water quality & are primarily responsible for severe oxygen depletion in Macquarie Harbour - the only habitat of the endangered Maugean Skate.
The salmon industry is putting the Skate at risk of extinction.
@GeneveraE
on
@abc730
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Multinational gas companies made $149 billion selling Australian gas that they got *for free*.
Please read that again. Public gas, given away.
Great new report out today
@TheAusInstitute
@MarkOgge
@PiersVerstegen
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Regular reminder: Salmon companies in Tas are entirely foreign owned and pay no tax.
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Reminder of just who broke the Australian gas market.
Here is Santos in 2014 telling investors its gas export project "was always as much about raising the domestic gas price":
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I'd hate to rain on any parade, but
@tanya_plibersek
's dept just approved a new gas processing plant linked to a new onshore gas field...out to 2063.
Lots more climate work to be done.
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Oh look, it's another new coal mine!
Waved through by
@tanya_plibersek
's department.
@TheAusInstitute
#CoalMineTracker
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Appalled that the ACF
@AusConservation
account has been suspended.
Dark day for this site.
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Remember when
@Barnaby_Joyce
paid $80m for water from a company founded by
@AngusTaylorMP
, after the
@DeptAgNews
had bargained the price *up*?
Auditor General report out TOMORROW.
In 2018 this unusual alliance referred
@TheAusInstitute
@R_o_d_C
@MaryanneSlatte1
analysis re water purchases in the MDB to the Auditor-General.
Tomorrow,
@ANAO_Australia
reports.
@corybernardi
@Stirling_G
@sarahinthesen8
@Senator_Patrick
@Tony_Burke
@MakeMayoMatter
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Oh look,
@tanya_plibersek
's dpt just approved the Santos Barossa pipeline out to 2056.
Published at 5:15pm just before parliament break and Easter holidays.
@TheAusInstitute
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Oh look, tomorrow
@tanya_plibersek
will decide whether to let
@BHP
dig up an extra 67 million tonnes of coal.
Just after the world's hottest ever days recorded. Good times.
#CoalMineTracker
@TheAusInstitute
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Australia's gas is literally given to Chevron, Santos, Shell, Woodside and friends. FOR FREE.
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Tough day if you don't like new coal mines.
Tell me about the end of the climate wars again,
@paulscullymp
,
@tanya_plibersek
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The Productivity Commission has just appointed...wait for it...
- a partner from PwC,
- a partner from KPMG and
- an airline lobbyist.
Not a joke.
The Treasurer has appointed Dr Alison Roberts, Selwyn Button and Barry Sterland PSM for five-year terms as full-time Commissioners, and re-appointed Commissioner Catherine de Fontenay for a second five-year term. Learn more about our Commissioners:
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Don't look now, but
@tanya_plibersek
's department just approved a new coal project out to 2073!
@TheAusInstitute
#CoalMineTracker
(h/t
@KJBar
)
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Another week, another new coal mine.
@tanya_plibersek
approves the Ensham extension out to 31 December 2045.
Climate wars....not over.
#CoalMineTracker
@TheAusInstitute
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The salmon industry in Tasmania is entirely foreign-owned and pays no tax.
Amazing that these facts didn't make it into lobbyists Salmon Tasmania's 87 page submission on challenges to its environmental approvals.
@TheAusInstitute
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Your regular reminder that the salmon companies currently undermining Tas world heritage status are entirely foreign owned, including by wildly corrupt Brazilian firm, and pay no tax.
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*Sizzling* new
#Watergate
documents show taxpayers & rivers were ripped off.
Kudos to
@Senator_Patrick
for epic FoI battle.
After 2 year cover up, only explanations left are incompetence or wrongdoing by
@DeptAgNews
under
@Barnaby_Joyce
. THREAD.
Previously secret valuations released to me after an epic
#FOI
battle show taxpayers were ripped off, with the price paid for
#watergate
water licences well above market value. Transparency achieved, now for the accountability part!
#auspol
#MurrayDarling
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Reminder: Mining is small in the Australian economy and gov budgets.
Just 5c in every dollar of gov revenue is from mining.
95% of your services are funded by other industries.
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BHP pays less tax in Australia than teachers do. Don't believe their spin.
We have a portfolio of high-quality assets in commodities that the world needs.
In FY2024, we contributed over 49 billion US dollars to people, businesses, and governments around the world.
#BHP
#results
#growth
#contribution
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I'll say it again - the NT gov is a gas company with a side hustle in governing.
Unbelievable stuff.
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Ooh look, two new coal mine proposals.
The adorably named Matilda Pit and the dreamy Star Coal project.
What will
@tanya_plibersek
decide?
#coalminetracker
@TheAusInstitute
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@tanya_plibersek
Amazing that such a controversial and topical decision went onto the website at about 4:55pm. No press release, no press conference, no tweet, AFAIK.
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Love
#auspol
but don't quite understand the
@Barnaby_Joyce
/
#watergate
/
#RonniSalt
thing?
Always had Qs re
#MurrayDarling
politics, but were too afraid to ask?
This thread's for you.
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This is a big deal - former ACCC head thinks Aus Gov climate program is greenwash.
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PwC scandals have a LONG way to run.
@PwC_AU
worked for Adani (aka
@BravusResources
) on its
@NAIFAustralia
loan while also working for NAIF...and NAIF's department for good measure.
My piece w
@MichaelWestBiz
@TheAusInstitute
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Amazing that the scientists defending the Murray Darling Basin Authority forgot to disclose that many of them are paid by...the Murray Darling Basin Authority.
@TheAusInstitute
@MaryanneSlatte1
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Still blows my mind the $$$ coal Cos are making in Aus off Ukraine War price spike.
Approx $147 BILLION windfall revenue. Take out $28b royalties & (at best) $40b in co tax and they've trousered $80b over 2 years.
Windfall profit tax,
@JEChalmers
?
@TheAusInstitute
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Oh look, here's a proposal for 68 new coal seam gas wells that
@tanya_plibersek
gets to decide on.
#NoNewGas
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It's 2023 and
@tanya_plibersek
's department is considering a new coal gasification project that would run to 2055.
Open for public comment for TEN WHOLE DAYS!
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Have you heard of this 'climate changey' thing?
The NSW Gov (
@JohnBarilaroMP
) clearly has not, looking at not just new coal mines, but new areas to explore for future new coal mines!
Great write up by
@CallumDRFoote
for
@MichaelWestBiz
.
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Our new fossil fuel subsidy report is out today!
A quick thread of Aus budget lowlights!
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Official, NT Gov-commishd work to inform Indig communities about fracking,
@CSIRO
omits the word "fracking" & notes that "greenhouse gasses *MAY* play a role in climate change."
Cool & nrml
Here's the Aboriginal Information Program "Shale Gas Factsheet" (Eng version) in full:
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Great write up by
@MichaelPascoe01
on dodgy econ consultants, looking at some recent work by me and
@MichaelWestBiz
@TheAusInstitute
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In Qld today
@ScottMorrisonMP
and
@Barnaby_Joyce
announced they would put $5.4b into the Hell's Gates dam.
They claim $6b increase in output & 7k ongoing jobs.
Source: 2018 econ and finance assessment. I read it so you don't have to...1/
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I for one am *shocked* that Whitehaven Coal appears to have stolen large volumes of water and look forward to the NSW gov and other water authorities pursuing this with the full force of the law. Great work,
@LockTheGate
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Salmon industry that can't pay tax somehow manages to pay for a full-time lobbying outfit, Salmon Tasmania, full of former political staffers.
The Tasmanian salmon industry talks a big game about how much it helps the local economy but is much more quiet about how it pays almost no tax.
#OffTheCharts
@R_o_d_C
and Evie Simpson explain
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Oh look,
@tanya_plibersek
's department is considering letting Santos put more water from its coal seam gas project into Qld's Dawson River.
You can make a submission...to Santos.
Seems normal.
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#MyMum
has been a social worker for 50 years, working on poverty, housing, aged care and others.
I hardly even noticed she founded Southport Community Housing until a book was written about it.
#sonfail
She is not impressed,
@dailytelegraph
.
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Just what is this Fuel Tax Credit thingy?
And why is it Australia's biggest (and rapidly rising) fossil fuel subsidy?
Glad you asked! A thread based on
@TheAusInstitute
's new report:
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Great to see the West Australian media engaging with
@TheAusInstitute
research on the export gas industry leeching off the West Australian community!
#auspol
Thread
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You can't ban bad ideas...but Australia's nuclear power ban prevents some bad ideas sucking up community time and public money.
That's why it should stay.
My piece in
@renew_economy
@TheAusInstitute
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Great report on the gas-as-transition-fuel myth, by
@barobertson111
Look at the collapse in gas-powered generation gas demand!
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Wow. WA Premier
@RogerCookMLA
says the quiet part out loud.
He could get more money from the gas industry but he is scared of them.
Nice piece by
@JackGMcGinn
in
@wabusinessnews
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Rort alert, rort alert, whoop-whoop.
Most expensive water yet in Murray Darling.
Cost benefit analysis not released, no details of water recovery calculations released.
@Kate_McBride_1
@TheAusInstitute
Big announcement today with
@sussanley
@PerinDavey
and
@Kevinandersonmp
The Coalition Govt is investing $126m in a Murrumbidgee Irrigation Off Farm Efficiency project. Supporting local irrigators and delivering significant water savings.
#auspol
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Absolutely disgraceful that the NT gov will subsidise uneconomic Beetaloo Basin gas fracking.
Shocking, but not without precedent...thread.
@TheAusInstitute
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Oh look, the gas lobby
@APPEALtd
has commissioned INDEPENDENT economic modelling about the "soviet" energy legislation.
Let's take a look at this modelling, shall we?
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Exciting news!
@TheAusInstitute
is launching our Coal Mine Tracker site!
Now you too can get to know the coal mines seeking approval from the Aus Gov, how bad they are & how they're progressing (or hopefully not).
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This isn't nearly well enough known: Christine Forster, Sydney Councillor and sister of ex PM Tony Abbott works for oil company Woodside.
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I understand
@tanya_plibersek
just approved a new coal mine.
Late in the day, in Budget week...after "rejecting" two mines last week.
Exactly as predicted...
@TheAusInstitute
#CoalMineTracker
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It's now 'unpatriotic' for Aussies to be 'provocative'.
🚨Sky News suggested
@theausinstitute
has been 'pretty provocative' & 'unpatriotic' with our antics at
#COP26
calling out PM Morrison's net zero fraud as a Glasgow wrecker.
#auspol
, RT if you think expecting our Gov to pull its weight on climate is the real Australian Way 🌏🇦🇺👍
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Watch the train wreck when
@David_Speers
puts
@TheAusInstitute
numbers to gas lobby. At 5:30:
Speers: How much have LNG exporters profits grown since the war in Ukraine?
@APPEALtd
: Waffle
Sprs: There are ests it's around $26b in profit growth
APPEA: I don’t have an estimate
The Albanese government is considering an intervention in the gas market to bring prices down.
@David_Speers
interviews Samantha McCulloch, chief executive of the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association, which represents gas producers.
#abc730
#auspol
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Will
@tanya_plibersek
approve *another* new coal seam gas project this week?
Decision due Friday! Owned by Gina Rinehart!
Drumroll, please!
@LockTheGate
@TheAusInstitute
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Here's a new coal seam gas project from Santos.
It is awaiting approval from
@tanya_plibersek
.
Her department just waved through a variation that could increase fugitive methane emissions.
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Please stop w the nukes & get back to fossil fuels.
There are 4 new coal projects just on today's EPBC notices.
FOUR. TODAY. Count them yourself!!
Does not include earlier approval of CSG pipeline.
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Japanese fossil fuel company demands subsidies from Australian public. Absolutely gob-smacking.
And does JERA pay any tax in Australia?
...drumroll please...
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I am **SHOCKED** that
@ScottMorrisonMP
would mislead the UN General Assembly and the Aus Parliament.
@TheAusInstitute
@RichieMerzian
@Tom_Swann
EXCLUSIVE | A new report has revealed claims by the government that Australia leads the world in renewables investments is false. It’s a declaration the PM has made both here and overseas. |
@vanOnselenP
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Exiting times!
@tanya_plibersek
has to decide on a brand new coal mine in the next two weeks!!
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The scale of the oil & gas industry's rip off of the WA public is absolutely breathtaking.
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Oh look,
@tanya_plibersek
has an opportunity to stop
@AngusTaylorMP
's "appalling" "unnecessary" $600m tax-payer funded new gas-fired power station.
She's just given herself an extension to 28 April to think about it.
What will she decide?
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Australia's new Future Gas Strategy mentions Australia's main gas tax, the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax precisely zero times.
The word tax appears just 3 times in 110 pages.
Nice strategy.
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OMG, environmentalists have cost 'the economy' $17 billion!...how terrible...
...can that be right?...let's take a look...
@MenziesRC
@gregbrown_TheOz
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The Australian Government expects to export MORE thermal coal over the next 5 years, not less.
"Volumes should lift as...NEW MINES RAMP UP"!
How does the renewable superpower bit go, again?!
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Wow, NACC not interested in LNP pork barrels.
Strong piece from
@MichaelPascoe01
in
@TheNewDailyAu
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Next week's
@4corners
already causing panic for corporate ag & their ex-politician lobbyists.
NIC Media: Water efficiency means more water for environment, and food on the table
@4corners
@D_LittleproudMP
@terrimbutler
#MurrayDarling
#BasinPlan
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So
@tanya_plibersek
found Whitehaven Coal is a "suitable person" to take over a Qld coal mine because her department found "no env compliance matters to report".
JFC, just search for "Whitehaven enviro breach"!!!
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Santos Narrabri gas fail.
Who could have predicted this?
@TheAusInstitute
@MarkOgge
@cheesytony
Oh, anyone who read the economic assessment of the project...
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Stunningly, reviewers paid by carbon credit industry finds no problem with carbon credit industry.
@pollyjhemming
@TheAusInstitute
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Teachers pay more tax than the gas industry.
Read that again if you have to!
Australia’s teachers pay more tax than the oil and gas industry does.
The oil and gas industry loves to tell Australians that they pay a lot of tax, but the evidence says otherwise.
Read the analysis:
#auspol
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All your rort scandal needs in the one chart!
Big paper out this week from
@TheAusInstitute
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"Surrender to the car lobby"
Me on
@ABCnews
about the Gov's policy cave in on Big Dumb Utes. (after all the limp 'good first step' nonsense)
@TheAusInstitute
@angusrandall
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Some men's feelings are really hurt by simple facts like 'teachers pay more tax in Aus than oil and gas companies'. Sorry, Geoff.
@R_o_d_C
Absolutely ridiculous comparison by the Australia Institute. The authors don't understand how business works. When commodity prices are low, profits and the amount of various taxes paid are also low. Higher prices, higher income and higher government royalty income as currently.
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I called this the "Favour for Santos" Bill at the time, but I didn't realise that Santos was actually in the official documentation.
#SmokingGun
: A new
#FOI
release shows that when Minister Plibersek signed off on introducing the Sea Dumping Amendment Bill into Parliament, she knew its sole purpose was to facilitate future gas developments. She also knew exactly who she was working for: Santos 1/3
#auspol
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Recent research from
@TheAusInstitute
shows no royalties paid on most Aus gas exports.
Great to see our results replicated by...Woodside:
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NSW Parl has disallowed a regulation that would have allowed continued massive diversion of floodwater out of the Darling/Barka. Huge win for rivers and communities.
@MaryanneSlatte1
@Wyymj
@TheAusInstitute
@southernriverin
Floodplain Harvesting policy is chaos. Only those who are set to benefit by being gifted a compensable water right are fighting for it.
It's the environment and communities who suffer as the wealth is transferred upstream.
@justinrfield
@greencate
#FactsMatter
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Taylor's involvement isn't the point - point is that EEA is a well-connected corporation.
To understand the
#auspol
of the
#MurrayDarling
you need to realise that it isn't about upstream vs down, farming vs env, or ALP vs LNP.
It's about the powerful vs everyone else.
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I estimate a cotton industry in the NT would employ 70 people, in an economy with 100,000 jobs. 0.07%
NT gov says its "essential for the NT economy" and should get free water.
Madness.
Great piece from
@JaneBardon1
@abcdarwin
@TheAusInstitute
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Nuke hype! Look over there -->
Meanwhile, here is
@tanya_plibersek
approving a new coal seam gas pipeline for Gina Rinehart.
Thread below, write up for
@MichaelWestBiz
here:
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Great plain English piece explaining new ALP tax policy...which is good.
@BenOquist
@TheAusInstitute
@RDNS_TAI
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Another coal mine bites the dust. Contrats to Camberwell community, Wendy Bowman and
@EDOLawyers
. Proud to have played a small role in this w
@RDNS_TAI
and
@TheAusInstitute
Those involved in the protracted battle to prevent the development of Ashton South East Open Cut coal mine near Camberwell, especially Wendy Bowman, HEL, NSW EDO, PCWP and Deidre Olofsson are finally able to say its over - the mine will not go ahead.
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Great piece on NSW forest rorts by Suzanne Arnold on
@MichaelWestBiz
site. Feat research from
@TheAusInstitute
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Here are the sums on how the Commonwealth Gov, with some help from Mr Putin, gave away the gas that sold for $149 billion.
Read it and weep.
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Fun fact: Australia spends more on fossil fuel tax breaks than we do on our army!
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Wednesday:
@ChrisMinnsMP
warns of horror climate summer.
Friday: Minns gov assists coal mine to expand to 2049.
Will
@PennySharpemlc
&
@paulscullymp
approve this madness?
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I know there's a lot of scandal at the moment, but $2 billion for a wall with no biz case, opposed by dpt, is definitely a contender.
@TheAusInstitute
@SlatteryJohnso
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The Northern Territory Gov is just a gas company with a side-hustle in governing.
Today it has signed on to subsidise gas from an un-approved fracking project. Another one!
While also....
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With rad haggling skilz, Joyce’s dpt bargained the price of EEA's water UP from $2,200 to $2,750/ML, turning a $28m deal into a $79m deal.
Worse, gov lacks infrastructure & legal power to get this water to the rivers that need it. Full write up:
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Gas and coal companies made $85 BILLION in EXTRA profit last year. Similar expected this year.
And they're objecting to a little regulation. Great piece in
@renew_economy
feat
@TheAusInstitute
research.
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Absolutely. Fossil fuel subsidies cost Australia $10.3 billion in 2020-21. New research out today
@TheAusInstitute
The time of fossil fuel subsidies is over.
Coal must be phased out. Carbon should be given a price.
This must be the year of a great leap towards carbon neutrality.
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